Gem
Ring
29-128-1024
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1024 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Renaissance |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Warrior | Shield | Gorgon |
| Description | Sommerville: Ceragate Onyx. A Warrior, with Medusa on his shield. Beautiful color. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case MMM. Vermeule: Ceragate Onyx. Cameo. (Modern gilt ring setting) Bust of older, balding warrior facing right. Shield with Gorgon's head on right shoulder. Features copied from a Hellenistic or Roman Imperial portrait bust. |
| Height | 3 cm |
| Width | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1024 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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